NIL (programming language)
WordNet
noun
(1) A quantity of no importance
"It looked like nothing I had ever seen before"
"Reduced to nil all the work we had done"
"We racked up a pathetic goose egg"
"It was all for naught"
"I didn't hear zilch about it"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Latin nil, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (meaning nothing). See nihilism.
Noun
- Nothing.
- What are the chances of success? Nil.
- Zero (used especially in the soccer scores).
- Manchester United beat Arsenal two nil.
- (LISP) The atom representing the empty list. Also means false. See also t.
Quotations
- 1982 But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower. — Conduct of Major Maxim, Gavin Lyall, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd